Power and Control, does it matter?

We all have free spirit. We all decide what we do. But what we really do is what people expect of us. Should we let them run our lives Or should we control our lives to get what we want? If we let them run our lives we will know exactly what to do But if we run our own lives things will be so much different it is like your world flips around What would I change? I would change the not knowing of the answer to this question